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DAN A. oonson, or MILFORD, ooxxsorion'r,'sssio-xou TU niMsnLr. CHARLES RODER, AND ROBERT E. 'Ii-lSCiilNG, or SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent N 92,209, dated July 0, was.

IMPROVED WATER-PROOF FABRIC FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HATS AND ARTICLES.

OTHER The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same- To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, DAN A. CONNOR, of Milford, in the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Water- Proot' Coating; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to coating or water-proofing various articles, especially such as are to be embossed by means oi' dies, particularlyadapted to the manufacture of hats from fabrics in imitation of braid, but alike applicable to other purposes; and

My invention consists in first coating the article with a solution of India rubber, and when the rubber is in an adhesive state, covering the coated surface with cotton ground to powder, then painting the surface with collodion, giving it the required tint, and finally varnishing the coated surtace with shellac,

To enable others skilled in the art to prepare and use my improvement, I will proceed to a full description of the same. I

Zihe rubber-gum is brought into a state of solution by means of benzine, naphtha, or other equivalent, which will dissolve the gum, and bring it to a liquid stat-e. Then, over the surface to be coated, the rubmixing with the collodiou any tint which it is desired to give to the surface, and, when the paint is dry, varnish with shellac. ceptible of being embossed in the most perfect manner, making this coating peculiarly adapted to the inanuiacture of hats from fabrics to which, by means of dies, is given an imitation of braid, but is alike applicable for other purposes.

Having fully described my invention,

What- 1 claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

Coating the surface of articles with a compound, preparel and applied substantiz'dly as set forth.

DAN A. GONNOR.

\Vitnesses' A. J. Tnznirs, 5 J. H. Seumw w.

The surface, thus prepared, is sns- 

